Need EE to figure out Professor Shinichi Seike's G-strain energy absorber device

[poynt99]

See Bob's post part way down.

http://oupower.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1355

Hey there Palic

You may wish to try to source some NTE87 transistors. They are in a TO-3 case style, and are a better choice than the TIP3055 used by J L Naudin.

In the mid 90s I built a successful replication of professor Shinichi Seike's G-strain energy absorber device using three of the NTE87 transistors as a set. I also used a set of three transformers. The outputs of these transformers were rectified and filtered, fed to a load, and back to the input as well. While running, it powered the load, and put a charge into the battery. When the battery was disconnected, the unit went into overunity runaway, quickly burning out both the load, and the transistors. I went through several sets of transistors before I eventually shelved the experiment for a later date. It was interesting to note that the heat sinks on the transistors would frost up every time, just prior to the voltage rise wiping out the transistors. It was as if a peltier effect was taking place in the transistors.

Bob

Geez, I think I would have pursued this with a passion (not "shelved it") if this had happened to me. 

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[Goat]

See Bob's post part way down.

http://oupower.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1355
Geez, I think I would have pursued this with a passion (not "shelved it") if this had happened to me. 

.99

@ poynt99

Thank you for your reply, I do believe this might be a project worth looking at but as far as "Is this device supposed to be OU?" I'm not sure, that's why I think that it would be worth looking into and figure out what Bob Boyce used as far as components compared to JLN's version(s).

I agree with you wholeheartedly that it shouldn't have been shelved and that's why I'm asking for help in trying to figure out from the schematics of figure 4 what Bob Boyce used in his circuit to make it work the way he claims it did.

Can you help me figure out this puppy?

Regards,
Paul

[poynt99]

My Motorola "Bipolar Power Selector Guide" lists the 2N3716 as a "Similar Replacement".

Surely somewhere someone is claiming this device to be OU?

I simulated this circuit a long time ago when "ctglabs" was looking into it, and we determined that the wirewound resistors Seike used were causing a lot of phase shifts, and his measurements were being thrown off as a result.

But if this thing melts down with no battery attached, then that would be something worth looking at. Not sure if I believe Bob wholeheartedly though.

.99

[poynt99]

My advice would be to disregard what JLN has done, and focus on replicating what Seike built.

.99

[Goat]

@ .99

What if the "wirewound resistors" were replaced with the "set of three transformers" that Bob Boyce mentioned, would that affect the circuit as shown in figure 4 ? 

Or would they help/hinder the circuit and component values? 

Did Bob have to change component values in order to accommodate the transformers instead of set of wirewound resistors/bulbs or transformers?

Sorry for all the questions but I'm not an EE and don't know much when it comes to different transistor types and component interactions.

Regards,
Paul